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As in an olive orchard three or four olives may be left on every tree,
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or as when a vineyard is gathered some clusters may be left by those who search carefully through the vineyard,
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so in those days three or four shall be left by those who search their houses with the sword.
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And the earth shall be left desolate, and its fields shall be for briers, and its roads and all its paths shall bring forth thorns, because no sheep will go along them.
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Virgins shall mourn because they have no bridegrooms; women shall mourn because they have no husbands; their daughters shall mourn, because they have no helpers.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.